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W. T. JENNINGS.

-RIL POR STREET RAILWAYS. No. 494,144. Patented Mar. 28, 1893.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

W'ILLIAM T. JENNINGS, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

RAIL FOR STREET-RAI LWAYS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 494,144, dated March28, 1893. Application ledMarch 7,1892. Serial No. 424,082. (No model.) l'Patented in Canada April 9, 1892, No. 38.694.

To all whom, t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM TYNEDALE JENNINGS, of the city of Toronto,in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have inventeda certain new and Improved Rail for Street-Railways, (for which I haveobtained Letters Patent of the Dominion of Canada, dated April 9, 1892,and numbered 38,694,) of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide an attachment by which anordinary T-headed rail may be adapted for street railway purposes, andit consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement and combinationsof parts hereinafter more particularly described and then definitelyclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure l, is a perspective view on areduced scale, of a T- headed rail provided with my detachable plate andsunk in the pavement. Fig. 2, is a crosssection of the rail providedwith my detachable plate.

In the drawings,A,represents a plate shaped as indicated to buttagainstthe stem D, of the rail and extending outwardly to form a channelB, running parallel with the side of the rail head C. It will beobserved that the top edge of the plate A, extends up substantiallyflush with the top surface of the pavement E, which pavement buttsagainst the plate A, which holds the said pavement clear of the head C,leaving a channel B, parallel with the said head and sufficiently largeto permit the free passage of the flange of the car Wheel.

In order to keep the= water out of the joint between the plate A, andthe stem D,I fill the bottom of the channel B, with asphalt or othersuitable Water proof material.

The plate A, may be bolted or otherwise detachably connected to therail.

From this description it will be seen that by attaching a plate A, to aT-headed rail, as described, an ordinary T-headed rail can be readilyand cheaply adapted for street railway purposes, and at street-crossingsthe rails of steam railways may be sunk flush with the road-bed.

What I claim as my invention is- A rail sunk so that its face shall besubstantially flush with the surface of the road bed,a plate Adetachably secured to the stein of the rail, having its bottoml edgeresting on the footof said rail and its upper end extending outwardlyand upwardly to a point substantially flush with the surface of the roadbed, thereby leaving a channel or groove for the iange of the car wheel,and a filling of concrete or otherwaterproof material in the bottom ofthe groove, preventing the passage of water through the joint,substantially as described.

Niagara Falls, Ontario, March 3, 1892.

ALFRED R. PoPER, GEO. H. RICHARDSON.

